By the way, I'm not in any way opposed to your becoming a citizen. You are far more intellectual than I am, we both have our place here. I'm not trying to be a dink, I think they are valid questions we should ask of every potential citizen
-----Original Message----- From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:34 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Very interesting quiz Not at all, and I resent your attitude about it to tell the truth. You're being invited to our nation. As a birth citizen I have a vested interest in getting good AMERICANS to come from abroad. To be AMERICANS. If you want that type of government why not stay in Canada? -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:59 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Very interesting quiz > Hey Larry, why do you want to be an American? That's irrelevant. In fact its a straw man attack. Its the full equivalent of "You're letting the terrorists win." Why should I even answer, because frankly its none of your business. Its like asking, do you use handcuffs when you and your wife get kinky? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Very interesting quiz > > >Wait a second, who ever called Sweden, Britain or Germany "evil > socialist > >countries"????? Yes, they may be more socialized than the US, but > aren't > >their primary system of economics still considered capitalistic? > (with the > >possible exception of Sweden, whose system I don't know much about) > > > >Also, your facts surprise me, I must admit. Do you really have > numbers that > >say German, British, and Swedish citizens have more wealth per capita > than > >Americans? The life span figure surprises me as well. > > > >I don't usually ask for sources, but I'd like to see what you've got > here. > > Here's a pretty good life expectancy table: > > http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042000b.htm > women men > United States 77.1 76.1 > United Kingdom 77.7 77.2 > Germany 77.4 77.0 > (OK I was incorrect here, but I suspect its due to the recent > incorporation of East Germany) > France 78.8 78.5 > Sweden 79.6 79.2 > Norway 78.7 78.2 > Canada 79.4 79.2 > > > From Wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) > > The American life expectancy of 77.8 years at birth[159] is a year > shorter than the overall figure in Western Europe, and three to four > years lower than that of Norway and Switzerland.[160] Over the past > two decades, the country's rank in life expectancy has dropped from > 11th to 42nd place in the world.[161] The infant mortality rate of 6. > 37 per thousand likewise places the United States 42nd out of 221 > countries, behind all of Western Europe.[162] Approximately one-third > of the adult population is obese and an additional third is > overweight;[163] the obesity rate, the highest in the industrialized > world, has more than doubled in the last quarter-century.[164] > Obesity-related type 2 diabetes is considered epidemic by healthcare > professionals.[165] The U.S. adolescent pregnancy rate, 79.8 per 1,000 > women, is nearly four times that of France and five times that of > Germany.[166] Abortion, legal on demand, is a source of great > political controversy. Many states ban public funding of the procedure > and have laws to restrict late-term abortions, require parental > notification for minors, and mandate a waiting period prior to > treatment. Geographical access to abortion is limited: 87 percent of U. > S. counties have no abortion provider.[167] Nonetheless, while the > incidence of abortion is in decline, the U.S. abortion ratio of 241 > per 1,000 live births and abortion rate of 15 per 1,000 women aged > 15ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢â∠â44 remain higher than those of most > Western nations.[168] > > > The income data is more complex, with the US ranging from very low > (Mississippi) to fairly high (New Jersey). I'll have to get back to > you on that one. > > > > >-- > >It was dark all around > >there was frost on the ground > >when the Tigers broke free. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244042 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
